France v Australia
By losing only to Wales this year, the French also lost the International Championship to their opponents that day, but they proved once more that they can be one of the most exciting rugby sides in the world to watch. The Australians showed on their tour to Britain at the beginning of last season that they, too, have a willingness to attack out of defence.
Commentator at Pare des Princes
NIGEL STARMBR-SMITH
TV presentation by the FRENCH TELEVISION SERVICE
Series producer BILL TAYLOR

Presented by Peter Hill
Editor jOHN DANVERS

Fifteen minutes of contemporary music for Sunday evening.
This week: Malcolm Stewart and Peter Langford
Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN Research TONY JASPER

News of the week plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear, with Peter Woods
Editor BILL NORTHWOOD

In these programmes people are invited to give first-hand accounts of something that has real personal significance for them. 6: Nobody's Watching Me
Maeve Binchy used to worry about what people thought of her, but an unexpected happening changed her life and made her free.
Director JOHN WILCOX
Series producer SHIRLEY DU BOULAY

David Macdonald with the help of a young vixen ' Niff ', her five cubs and remotely controlled cameras able to see in total darkness, makes unique observations of the social behaviour of the wild fox.
His research dispells the legendary image of a solitary and cunning predator fit only to be hunted to extinction as the threat of rabies approaches our shores.
Producer PETER BALE
Editors MICHAEL ANDREWS ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol

Joseph Cooper as question-master invites you to match your musical wits against Angela Down , Robin Ray John Julius Norwich
Guest musician Bernard Haitink
In this series viewers will be able to take part in a crossword competition.
Director PETER BUTLER Producer WALTER TODDS
Angela Down 's preview: page 17

Malcolm Williamson Down Under Composer and pianist MALCOLM WILLIAMSON was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in October 1975 in succession to the late Sir Arthur Bliss. Although now resident in Britain, he is the first Australian ever to hold this position. His many compositions include operas, piano concertos, symphonies, ballets, chamber music and ' 'do-it-yourself' music dramas for children.
Shortly after his appointment he set off on a tour of his homeland to give concerts and make recordings. This documentary film follows his travels through Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra during which he visits places of his youth, talking to friends and critics and expressing himself openly about his passions, hates and beliefs. with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Bernard Heinze in part of Williamson's Double Piano Concerto with William Kimber and with excerpts from his opera The Violins of Saint-Jacques conducted by Vanco Cavdarski
Film editor PETER BARBER
Produced and narrated by KENNETH CORDEN
(Ndt Sat 9.30 pm: The Violins of Saint-Jacques in full)

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by Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by Sian Phillips with the voices of Neville Jason, Peter Reeves, Elizabeth Morgan

Andersen wrote many stories that are not for children, and this one has dark overtones in the mood of more modern writers like Kafka.
A scholar visits the south as a young man. He is puzzled by the house opposite where he sees a ravishing young girl but never spots anyone going in or out. One night he sends his shadow over to see if he can discover more...

by Aeneas MacBride
Seven new plays from Scotland
with Anne Kristen as Lady MacInnes, Claire Nielson as Mary Elliot
'Oh! The bright mornings that we rose to then. When we were young and oh! so fair. Were you the hero in my dreams of men? Was I the girl with flowers in her hair?'
BBC Scotland

with Richard Burton, Noel Coward

Flora Goforth is the widow of five tycoons and one young poet, and reputedly the world's richest woman. She rules her private island where an uninvited guest arrives. He is Chris Flanders, nicknamed the Angel of Death.
Films: page 11